How can I comment out a large block of perl code?

[Dan Jacobson]

$ perldoc -q 'How can I comment out a large block of perl code?' says
to use =begin comment text, =end comment text, but I find the =end
comment text does not stop the comment, printing only "1":
print 1;

=begin comment text

all of this stuff

here will be ignored
by everyone

=end comment text

print 2;

Wait, he meant to say use a =cut instead of =end comment text!

Please report a bug for me, my bugs just go into a black hole.

 

[Yury Kopyl]

Dan Jacobson -> "How can I comment out a large block of perl code?" :

DJ> $ perldoc -q 'How can I comment out a large block of perl code?'
DJ> says to use =begin comment text, =end comment text, but I find the
DJ> =end comment text does not stop the comment, printing only "1":
DJ> print 1;

DJ> =begin comment text

DJ> all of this stuff

DJ> here will be ignored by everyone

DJ> =end comment text

DJ> print 2;

DJ> Wait, he meant to say use a =cut instead of =end comment text!

I use next construction:

=rem
bla-bla-bla
=cut

Yury Kopyl aka hrg | http://id.totem.ru | [TEAM Nemiroff ?????]

 

[Dan Jacobson]

$ perldoc perlpod|grep =rem
$
=rem is undocumented but works it seems.